eslint-plugin-n

eslint-plugin-n

forked from eslint-plugin-node v11.1.0. as the original repository seems no longer maintained.

Additional ESLint rules for Node.js

🎨 Playground

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💿 Install & Usage

npm install --save-dev eslint eslint-plugin-n

Version	Supported Node.js	Supported ESLint Version	Status
17.x	^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0	>=8.23.0	🏃‍♂️actively maintained
16.x	>=16.0.0	>=7.0.0	⚠️EOL
15.x	>=12.22.0	>=7.0.0	⚠️EOL

Note: It recommends a use of the "engines" field of package.json. The "engines" field is used by n/no-unsupported-features/* rules.

eslint.config.js (requires eslint>=v8.23.0)

const nodePlugin = require("eslint-plugin-n")

module.exports = [
    nodePlugin.configs["flat/recommended-script"],
    {
        rules: {
            "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"]
        }
    }
]

To setup without the recommended configs, you'll need to add the plugin:

const nodePlugin = require("eslint-plugin-n")

module.exports = [
    {
        plugins: {n: nodePlugin},
        rules: {
            "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"]
        }
    }
]

.eslintrc.json (legacy example)

{
    "extends": ["eslint:recommended", "plugin:n/recommended"],
    "parserOptions": {
        "ecmaVersion": 2021
    },
    "rules": {
        "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"]
    }
}

To setup without the recommended rules you'll need to add the plugin:

{
    "parserOptions": {
        "ecmaVersion": 2021
    },
    "plugins": ["n"],
    "rules": {
        "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"]
    }
}

package.json (An example)

{
    "name": "your-module",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "type": "commonjs",
    "engines": {
        "node": ">=8.10.0"
    }
}

Configured Node.js version range

The rules get the supported Node.js version range from the following, falling back to the next if unspecified:

• Rule configuration version
• ESLint shared setting node.version
• package.json [engines] field
• >=16.0.0

If you omit the [engines] field, this rule chooses >=16.0.0 as the configured Node.js version since 16 is the maintained lts (see also Node.js Release Working Group).

For Node.js packages, using the [engines] field is recommended because it's the official way to indicate support:

{
    "name": "your-module",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "engines": {
        "node": ">=16.0.0"
    }
}

For Shareable Configs or packages with a different development environment (e.g. pre-compiled, web package, etc.), you can configure ESLint with settings.node.version to specify support.

📖 Rules

💼 Configurations enabled in.
🟢 Set in the recommended-module configuration.
✅ Set in the recommended-script configuration.
🔧 Automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option.
❌ Deprecated.

Name	Description	💼	🔧	❌
callback-return	require return statements after callbacks
exports-style	enforce either module.exports or exports		🔧
file-extension-in-import	enforce the style of file extensions in import declarations		🔧
global-require	require require() calls to be placed at top-level module scope
handle-callback-err	require error handling in callbacks
hashbang	require correct usage of hashbang	🟢 ✅	🔧
no-callback-literal	enforce Node.js-style error-first callback pattern is followed
no-deprecated-api	disallow deprecated APIs	🟢 ✅
no-exports-assign	disallow the assignment to exports	🟢 ✅
no-extraneous-import	disallow import declarations which import extraneous modules	🟢 ✅
no-extraneous-require	disallow require() expressions which import extraneous modules	🟢 ✅
no-hide-core-modules	disallow third-party modules which are hiding core modules			❌
no-missing-import	disallow import declarations which import missing modules	🟢 ✅
no-missing-require	disallow require() expressions which import missing modules	🟢 ✅
no-mixed-requires	disallow require calls to be mixed with regular variable declarations
no-new-require	disallow new operators with calls to require
no-path-concat	disallow string concatenation with __dirname and __filename
no-process-env	disallow the use of process.env
no-process-exit	disallow the use of process.exit()	🟢 ✅
no-restricted-import	disallow specified modules when loaded by import declarations
no-restricted-require	disallow specified modules when loaded by require
no-sync	disallow synchronous methods
no-top-level-await	disallow top-level await in published modules
no-unpublished-bin	disallow bin files that npm ignores	🟢 ✅
no-unpublished-import	disallow import declarations which import private modules	🟢 ✅
no-unpublished-require	disallow require() expressions which import private modules	🟢 ✅
no-unsupported-features/es-builtins	disallow unsupported ECMAScript built-ins on the specified version	🟢 ✅
no-unsupported-features/es-syntax	disallow unsupported ECMAScript syntax on the specified version	🟢 ✅
no-unsupported-features/node-builtins	disallow unsupported Node.js built-in APIs on the specified version	🟢 ✅
prefer-global/buffer	enforce either Buffer or require("buffer").Buffer
prefer-global/console	enforce either console or require("console")
prefer-global/process	enforce either process or require("process")
prefer-global/text-decoder	enforce either TextDecoder or require("util").TextDecoder
prefer-global/text-encoder	enforce either TextEncoder or require("util").TextEncoder
prefer-global/url	enforce either URL or require("url").URL
prefer-global/url-search-params	enforce either URLSearchParams or require("url").URLSearchParams
prefer-node-protocol	enforce using the node: protocol when importing Node.js builtin modules.		🔧
prefer-promises/dns	enforce require("dns").promises
prefer-promises/fs	enforce require("fs").promises
process-exit-as-throw	require that process.exit() expressions use the same code path as throw	🟢 ✅
shebang	require correct usage of hashbang		🔧	❌

🔧 Configs

	Name
🟢	recommended-module
✅	recommended-script

About each config:

• recommended: Considers both CommonJS and ES Modules. If "type":"module" field existed in package.json then it considers files as ES Modules. Otherwise it considers files as CommonJS. In addition, it considers *.mjs files as ES Modules and *.cjs files as CommonJS.
• recommended-module: Considers all files as ES Modules.
• recommended-script: Considers all files as CommonJS.
• flat/all: enables all of the rules shipped with the package. This configuration is not recommended for production use because it may change with every minor and major version. Use at your own risk.

These preset configs:

• enable no-process-exit rule because the official document does not recommend a use of process.exit().
• enable plugin rules indicated by emojis in the rules table.
• add {ecmaVersion: 2021} and etc into parserOptions.
• add proper globals into globals.
• add this plugin into plugins.

👫 FAQ

• Q: The no-missing-import / no-missing-require rules don't work with nested folders in SublimeLinter-eslint

• A: See context.getFilename() in rule returns relative path in the SublimeLinter-eslint FAQ.

• Q: How to use the flat eslint config with mixed commonjs and es modules?

• A: You can use the new exported flat config flat/mixed-esm-and-cjs, an example:

const nodePlugin = require("eslint-plugin-n");

module.exports = [
  ...nodePlugin.configs["flat/mixed-esm-and-cjs"],
  {
    rules: {
      "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"],
    },
  },
]

🚥 Semantic Versioning Policy

eslint-plugin-n follows semantic versioning and ESLint's Semantic Versioning Policy.

• Patch release (intended to not break your lint build)
  • A bug fix in a rule that results in it reporting fewer errors.
  • Improvements to documentation.
  • Non-user-facing changes such as refactoring code, adding, deleting, or modifying tests, and increasing test coverage.
  • Re-releasing after a failed release (i.e., publishing a release that doesn't work for anyone).
• Minor release (might break your lint build)
  • A bug fix in a rule that results in it reporting more errors.
  • A new rule is created.
  • A new option to an existing rule is created.
  • An existing rule is deprecated.
• Major release (likely to break your lint build)
  • A support for old Node version is dropped.
  • A support for old ESLint version is dropped.
  • An existing rule is changed in it reporting more errors.
  • An existing rule is removed.
  • An existing option of a rule is removed.
  • An existing config is updated.

Deprecated rules follow ESLint's deprecation policy.

📰 Changelog

• GitHub Releases

❤️ Contributing

Welcome contributing!

Please use GitHub's Issues/PRs.

Development Tools

• npm test runs tests and measures coverage.
• npm run coverage shows the coverage result of npm test command.
• npm run clean removes the coverage result of npm test command.

Changelog

17.23.1 (2025-09-18)

🩹 Fixes

• node-builtins-modules/tls.js: Update minimal version (#484) (fe94432)

📚 Documentation

• improve clarity of no-missing-import and no-missing-require (#455) (92ea876)